Ildri Lovo Bie Ginn

Ildri Ginn Obituary

GINN, Ildri Lovo Bie Of Cambridge, MA, and Norway, died May 3, 2011, following a long decline in health. She was 85 years old. Daughter of the late Cecilia and Peder Lovo of Norway, she was a respected and loved psychologist for forty years. Wife of the late Robert Ginn, sister of Guro Tiller and the late Jakob Lovo, mother of Bjorn Bie and his wife Ellen Kaplan, grandmother to Michael and Jessica Kaplan-Bie. Ildri grew up in Norway, but immigrated to the United States when she was 35 years old. In Cambridge, with her second husband Bob, she created the Psychodrama Institute of Boston from which she practiced bioenergetics and psychodrama therapy for many years. Funeral services will be held in Norway. To post a sympathy message, please visit: www.bradyfallon.com. Donations in her memory may be made to the care of horses at the Animal Rescue League of Boston - Cape Cod Branch, 3981 Main Street, East Brewster MA 02631.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Boston Globe from May 5 to May 6, 2011.

Memories and Condolences
for Ildri Ginn

Sponsored by Peter Kovner, a student & friend.

13 Entries

April 30, 2019

I have just visited Norway and often thought of Ildri.She was a strong teacher, mentor and inspiration.And i remember her with love. Connie Holmes

Marsha Neumann

April 27, 2012

Dear Bjorn,
I am very sorry for the loss of your mother and I've added both you and Ildri to my prayers. Love to all. Marsha

Stein Torvin

May 21, 2011

Dear Ildri!
Thank you for your wisdom and your compassion!
I am forever grateful for how you contributed to my rebirthing process nearly 35 years ago in Norway.

Lissa Wheeler

May 17, 2011

It has been a few weeks since I heard about Ildri's death. It has taken me time to digest that she really gone. It is both a relief and sad to say goodbye to such a special being. She was an important mentor and dear friend. She always gave me the sense that she was delighted to see me or hear from me whenever I called or saw her. Her dedication to being in life as deeply as possible continues to be an inspiration to me. Ildri will live forever in my heart.

Johnn O'Sullivan

May 11, 2011

When I first met Ildri Ginn, I was a deeply wounded man. She helped me, first, to find my way to healing, and then she showed me how I might be able to help others. Over the years, Ildri became my teacher, and my mentor, and eventually my dear, dear friend. What a great blessing I’ve been given in this lifetime – to encounter Ildri, and then to work with her, and to have her as a friend. Ildri is a great soul, and I treasure the memory of our relationship.

May 9, 2011

I have carried Ildri's unique lilting voice, her courage to live and work outside the box, her passionate pursuit of emotional truth and her poignant blend of ancient wisdom and childlike delight deeply inside me for almost 40 years. She will continue to be alive for me always. May her soul keep reveling in delight.
Leslie Nathanson, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Esther Bourg

May 9, 2011

I was bowled over by Ildri's radiant beauty and spirit when I met her over 40 years ago. Although I haven't seen her in decades, she remains in my memory as a vibrant and original human being.

Connie Holmes

May 8, 2011

Ildri Bie Ginn was an important and inspiring influence in my life. She encouraged me during my training in psychodrama and we stayed in touched over many years and many miles. She had the healer's touch and touched my life and the lives of many others with her insight, her perception and the depth of her caring. May she rest in peace.

Nancy Berners-Lee

May 8, 2011

Thinking of you, Ildri, on Mother's Day is very appropriate for me. Although I didn't know you for that many years, you had an enormous influence on me and I love you. I think you know that. You were so strong, so smart, so loving, so willing, so present, so beautiful. A leader ….a mentor....a mother …. I love you Ildri and I thank you ever so much.

Ceil Parteleno

May 6, 2011

I count knowing Ildri as one of my life's greatest blessings. She had the wisest heart of anyone I have ever known. I loved to remind of a time I was with her as she introduced to famous Australian therapist as a "national teausure" she would laugh when I told her this in her dear and enlightened way, but it is really true. This woman was a teasure of heart and and mind. She was a joyful, peaceful and powerful woman whose gifts helped so many. The world is better for having had her in it, she created world peace one soul at a time. What a power of example of what can be contributed in one life time!!!! If others would like to get to togther to share about Ildri I would love to offer my place in Andover. Please email me @ [email protected] Parteleno My condolonces to her family and all who knew and loved her.

Janet Boynton

May 6, 2011

May 5, 2011
Ildri was my mentor and my friend for over 40 years. She was an extraordinarily intuitive, gifted therapist and had a profound influence on my life. I will miss her deeply.

Eduardo Verdu

May 6, 2011

The Norwegian Moreno Institute Thanks you for all what you gave us through the years. I will never forget all our summer seminars together. You will be deeply missed.

Caroline Baltzer, Ph.D.

May 5, 2011

I write with condolences for Ildri's family. Ildri was one of my senior teachers of psychodrama and the one that literally resonates like an instrument in my mind when I think of the lessons she showed. I have been wondering how she was and looked her Institute up today. I am sad to see that she is gone. It was a great fortune for me to see her wield her psychodramatic arts -- her advanced age did nothing to erode her power in my eyes. With respect,
Caroline R. Baltzer, Ph.D., Cambridge, MA

Showing 1 - 13 of 13 results